Reports of Haunted Inns from the Paranormal
Database

Dog in Cellar

Location: West Mersea (Essex) - White Hart InnType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Delivery men at the White Hart Inn have complained of a dog darting under their feet as they worked in the cellar, though the landlords have always insisted that the area is devoid of animals.

Location: Weymouth (Dorset) - Boot InnType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1970sFurther Comments: One owner of the inn reported hearing old sea shanties being sung at night in deserted rooms and heavy footsteps walking around. A seaman has also been reported, who vanishes without trace.

Sobbing

Location: Widecombe-in-the-Moor (Devon) - The Old InnType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Twentieth centuryFurther Comments: The crying has been blamed on an unseen child, who haunts one of the rooms upstairs. An older gentleman reportedly walks the ground floor of the public house, vanishing when he reaches the kitchen.

Smart Man

Location: Wigan (Lancashire) - The Mount and Premier InnType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: August 2008Further Comments: One witness awoke to see a man dressed in a 1960s suit in the room. The man vanished when the witness cried out. A manager at the inn said that a number of figures had been seen on the site, as the inn was built on the site of a nunnery.

Gladys Saxton

Location: Wigglesworth (Yorkshire) - Plough InnType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1945 onwardsFurther Comments: Gladys Saxton and her maid Margaret Harrison were killed in a fire at the building in 1945. Since that date, a woman wearing a long black dress has been seen by guests at the building. There is also a report of a phantom highwayman being spotted standing in a doorway.

Monk with No Legs

Location: Winchcombe (Gloucestershire) - Cowl Lane, Pike Bank area, and Old Corner Cupboard InnType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1993Further Comments: Reports of a ghostly black monk coming from these areas are not uncommon, some saying that the figure looked as if he sunk slightly into the ground, others saying he floats two foot above the path.

Henry

Location: Winchester (Hampshire) - Jolly Farmer innType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Twentieth centuryFurther Comments: Hanged somewhere close to the inn for theft, the shade now torments the bar staff by periodically playing with the pumps.

Fading Trio

Location: Withington (Gloucestershire) - The Mill InnType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Late twentieth centuryFurther Comments: Seen standing by the fireplace together, this small group of shades featured a woman with a large hat being flanked by two men. She could be a former landlady who drowned in the nearby river.

White Lady

Location: Woburn (Bedfordshire) - The Inn (was the Bedford Arms Inn)Type: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: The misty white lady is not alone in her haunting of this building. A ghostly figure is also reported to sit by the fireplace smoking a pipe, a little phantom dog by his side.

Elizabeth Downing

Location: Woodstock (Oxfordshire) - Bear InnType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Late twentieth centuryFurther Comments: This ghost's footsteps can be pacing across the floor in Room 16, and lights turn themselves on when the ghost is close enough to a switch. Elizabeth's son is also said to haunt the building, and Room 12 is said to be haunted by a workman who fell (or was pushed) from the roof around the seventeenth century.

Large Figure

Location: Woolacombe (Devon) - Grass embankment opposite the Old Mill InnType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 28 October 2006Further Comments: A large dark figure was reported standing by this embankment. The figure disappeared from view and never reappeared.

Customer

Location: Wootton (Bedfordshire) - Chequers InnType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A few staff have seen a potential customer, standing at the bar, out of the corner of their eye. Turning to serve them, the figure has always vanished.

Location: Wotton under Edge (Gloucestershire) - Ancient Ram Inn, currently a private houseType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Twentieth centuryFurther Comments: Built on the site of a burial pit, this former public house is said to have a heavy, oppressive atmosphere. A misty entity appeared on one photograph taken here, while several ghost hunts have turned up numerous displaced spirits.

Shadows at the Bar

Location: Wroughton (Wiltshire) - Black Horse public house (now Check Inn)Type: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1994Further Comments: Staff reported seeing shadowy people at the bar, but as they moved towards the area, the figures would vanish. A visiting clairvoyant said that she could see a man in a powered wig writing poetry using a quill.

Legs

Location: York (Yorkshire) - Black Swan InnType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Seen descending a staircase in the building, only the lower part of this male body appears. Two other spirits can be found in the bar area; that of a workman wearing a bowler hat (dressed in Victorian clothing) and a lady in a white dress who watches the fireplace.

Man with Big Nose

Location: York (Yorkshire) - Cock and Bottle Inn, SkeldergateType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Twentieth centuryFurther Comments: Thought to be the Royalist and alchemist George Villiers, this ghostly figure, with black wavy hair and a large nose, has been spotted in the public house. The building was built on the top of a site once owned by Villiers, which would explain his reluctance to leave.

Location: York (Yorkshire) - Small graveyard along alleyway by the Cock and Bottle InnType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Still presentFurther Comments: The imprints of the old walls of a demolished church can still be seen on the grass - many have said that they feel a sense of calmness when standing inside the outside.

Little Girl

Location: York (Yorkshire) - Snickleway Inn, Goodramgate (was the Angler's Arms public house)Type: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Seen as she waits on the staircase, this entity is said to radiate peace and love. She met her death when a horse and cart delivering beer ran her over just outside the pub. The ghostly presence reported down in the basement is much more sinister, and has been called evil by previous landlords. Finally, a phantom cat may rub itself against the legs of visitors.

Screams

Location: York (Yorkshire) - The Olde Starr Inn, StonegateType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Another building which once housed injured Civil War troops, the basement is said to be the place where amputations occurred, which explains the sound of cries and screams. Two black cats are also reported to haunt the pub, and an old woman has been seen on the stairs.